The 9 Human Design Centers
The BodyGraph
Defined vs. Undefined Centers
A defined center operates consistently — it is fixed, reliable, and produces the same quality of energy regardless of who you are with. An undefined center is open: it takes in, amplifies, and reflects the energy of defined centers in others. Neither is better. Each carries its own gifts and its own conditioning.
Biological: Pineal gland; crown of the skull
Inspiration, mental pressure, and questions about the nature of existence. The Head Center is the entry point for cosmic inspiration — it generates pressure to question and contemp…
Biological: Anterior and posterior pituitary gland; processing center of the brain
Conceptualization, analysis, and the processing of information. The Ajna is the mind's workshop — where the raw material of inspiration from the Head is turned into concepts, opini…
Biological: Thyroid and parathyroid glands; throat; metabolism
Communication, expression, manifestation, and action. The Throat is the only center through which energy can be externalized into the world. Everything ultimately seeks to express …
Biological: Liver and blood; the magnetic monopole at the center of the sternum
Identity, love, and direction in life. The G Center is where the magnetic monopole lives — the force that holds you together as a being and draws you through life on your unique tr…
Biological: Heart, thymus gland, stomach, gall bladder
Willpower, ego, worth, and the material world. The Heart Center is one of four motor centers — it provides the fuel of willpower, governs the ego, and determines one's relationship…
Biological: Ovaries and testes; reproductive organs; organs of life force; pelvic region
Life force energy, work, sexuality, fertility, and availability. The Sacral Center is the most powerful motor in the BodyGraph — it fuels the majority of humanity. It is the center…
Biological: Kidneys, prostate gland, pancreas, nervous system; solar plexus nerve ganglion
Emotions, feelings, spirit, and social awareness. The Solar Plexus is a motor and awareness center — the emotional wave. It holds the deepest truth and the most complex authority i…
Biological: Lymphatic system, spleen, immune system, skin, B-cells and T-cells
Intuition, instinct, survival, well-being, time, and the immune system. The Spleen is the oldest awareness center in the BodyGraph — it operates in the present moment only, always …
Biological: Adrenal glands; base of the spine
Pressure, stress, adrenaline, and the physical and material foundation. The Root Center is a motor and pressure center — it provides the fuel of adrenaline and creates pressure tha…
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